Santa Barbara House by GLR Arquitectos

The generosity of the site, as well as the importance of isolating the house from the unattractive surroundings, in order to control the views and focus in the mountains nearby, lead us to propose a single leves scheme, which through pure and straight forward lines, allows us to synthesize a relatively complex program into four main interconnected elements. The floor plan, made out of pure geometric... 

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Reflection of Mineral house, Japan by Yasuhiro Yamashita

The site is located near the center of Tokyo. It is a small plot of 44.62?bounded by two streets. Conforming to legal conditions and in response to the client’s wish for a ‘roofed garage’ the volume was trimmed from various directions. ‘Minerals’ and ‘reflection’ are keywords that help turn the negative factor of elimination into a positive one. ‘Minerals’ are considered to combine... 

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Casa Kike, a private house in Cahuita

The simple form of the two pavilions of Casa Kike belies the complexity of their geometry. Each pavilion might be described as just two walls, a floor and a roof but is, more technically, a trussed timber shell in the form of an eccentrically-truncated, irregular, four-sided cone. [archithings]

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